Sens bolt past Tampa

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TAMPA -- Dany Heatley took a major step on the road to 50 goals last night.

On a night the Senators officially booked themselves a spot in the NHL's post-season dance with a 7-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Ottawa winger gave himself a chance to make history.

Heatley continued his quest for back-to-back 50-goal seasons by netting his 44th and 45th of the season against the Bolts to go along with one assist.

"You guys are going to keep asking me, and I'm going to keep telling you, I'm just going to keep shooting," said Heatley, who's trying to become the first NHLer to have consecutive 50-goals season since Pavel Bure in 2000-01. "I thought (Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson) did a good job of getting me the puck. I will say one thing: I'm closer now than I was when we started out today."

Joe Corvo and Christoph Schubert, who each had three-point nights, Dean McAmmond, Daniel Alfredsson and Patrick Eaves also scored for Senators (45-23-8).